The Prince Valiant Page
Gary Gianni, foreword by Mike Mignola, introduction by Robert Wagner.. Flesk Publications, 2008. This is the first book collecting Gary Gianni's work on Prince Valiant. This book gives a well-rounded informative look at both Gianni's rendition of the Prince Valiant Sunday strip and his own working procedures. After 25 years as a professional illustrator, Gianni describes his new role as an assistant to John Cullen Murphy (who assisted Hal Foster--Prince Valiant's creator). Upon Murphy's retirement, Gianni became the third artist in the 70-year history of the feature.

It continues with in-depth knowledge of the strip's creative process (i.e., receiving the script, photographing models, making preliminary drawings and pencil roughs, then concluding with the finished illustrations). Supporting artwork includes collaborations between Murphy and Gianni, whose entertaining, insightful text reveals his methods and working relationships with Murphy and current Prince Valiant writer, Mark Schultz.

Most reproductions are direct from the original artwork, rendered with archival quality, and displayed in museum catalogue format. Gianni's originals are delineated using brush and pen to create tones and variations often lost in the pure black and white reproduction methods characteristically employed in newspapers and comics. Gianni's work has never been reproduced in this manner before. This book includes three gatefolds of Prince Valiant strips in colour to showcase the finished works. 112 pages. Hard Cover Part Colour 9" x 12" (229mm x 305mm) Dust Jacket (ISBN-13: 9781933865041)

Our Price: £20.00 ($32.00) (€26,00)      

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The Prince Valiant Page (Deluxe) (Signed) (Limited Edition)
Gary Gianni, foreword by Mike Mignola, introduction by Robert Wagner.. Flesk Publications, 2008. This is the first book collecting Gary Gianni's work on Prince Valiant. This book gives a well-rounded informative look at both Gianni's rendition of the Prince Valiant Sunday strip and his own working procedures. After 25 years as a professional illustrator, Gianni describes his new role as an assistant to John Cullen Murphy (who assisted Hal Foster--Prince Valiant's creator). Upon Murphy's retirement, Gianni became the third artist in the 70-year history of the feature.

It continues with in-depth knowledge of the strip's creative process (i.e., receiving the script, photographing models, making preliminary drawings and pencil roughs, then concluding with the finished illustrations). Supporting artwork includes collaborations between Murphy and Gianni, whose entertaining, insightful text reveals his methods and working relationships with Murphy and current Prince Valiant writer, Mark Schultz.

Most reproductions are direct from the original artwork, rendered with archival quality, and displayed in museum catalogue format. Gianni's originals are delineated using brush and pen to create tones and variations often lost in the pure black and white reproduction methods characteristically employed in newspapers and comics. Gianni's work has never been reproduced in this manner before. This book includes three gatefolds of Prince Valiant strips in colour to showcase the finished works. 112 pages. Hard Cover Part Colour 9" x 12" (229mm x 305mm) Dust Jacket (ISBN-13: 9781933865058)
DELUXE NUMBERED edition (1000 copies) SIGNED by Gianni, complete in gold-embossed slipcase with an extra deluxe signed and numbered Plate.

Our Price: £29.99 ($47.98) (€38,99)      

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The Savage Tales Of Solomon Kane Illustrated By Gary Gianni
Robert E Howard, illustrated by Gary Gianni. Ballantine Books, 2004. This is the new paperback edition of the above book with all the illustrations in black and white. Award winning artist Gary Gianni spent a whole year illustrating the extraordinary adventures of Robert E Howard's most compelling hero, Solomon Kane.

Gary's action-packed fine line work and stunning paintings grace hundreds of pages of Howard's dynamic text. A DELUXE edition produced for the world's best book collections using the very finest materials and the utmost care. Includes over 200 drawings and 7 paintings. The original hard cover limited edition published in 1998 now fetches well over $1000 on the secondary market. 480 pages. Soft Cover Black & White 6" x 9" (15cm x 23cm) ISBN: 0345461509

Our Price: £12.50 ($20.00) (€16,25)      

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The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane (Signed) (Limited Edition)
Robert E Howard, illustrated by Gary Gianni. Wandering Star, London, 1998. First Edition. Out of Print. Award winning artist Gary Gianni spent a whole year illustrating the extraordinary adventures of Robert E Howard's most compelling hero, Solomon Kane. Gary's action-packed fine line work and stunning paintings grace hundreds of pages of Howard's dynamic text.

A DELUXE edition produced for the world's best book collections using the very finest materials and the utmost care. Only available in this LIMITED FIRST EDITION (1050 copies), and individually SIGNED by Gary Gianni and NUMBERED. Includes over 200 drawings and 7 paintings with an embossed slip cased cover, a folder with an extra set of plates plus a CD of the 'Homecoming' poem set to music.

Wrap around Dust Jacket. Hard Cover Part Colour 6" x 9" (15cm x 23cm) Dust Jacket ISBN: 0953425304 Scarce Mint copy complete with CD. Highly Recommended.

Our Price: £695.00 ($1,112.00) (€409,50)      

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The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane (Leatherbound) (Signed) (Limited Edition)
Robert E Howard, illustrated by Gary Gianni. Wandering Star, London, 1998. First Edition. Out of Print. Award winning artist Gary Gianni spent a whole year illustrating the extraordinary adventures of Robert E Howard's most compelling hero, Solomon Kane. Gary's action-packed fine line work and stunning paintings grace hundreds of pages of Howard's dynamic text. Includes over 200 drawings and 7 paintings with an embossed slip cased cover, a gold embossed leather binding, a folder with an extra set of plates plus a CD of the 'Homecoming' poem set to music. SIGNED by Gary Gianni.

This is the extremely RARE LEATHER EDITION LIMITED to 50 COPIES. This Leather edition was NEVER SOLD TO THE PUBLIC, but given away to key people in the film and publishing industry. This is #27/50 in mint condition. Hard Cover Part Colour 6" x 9" (15cm x 23cm) Dust Jacket Very scarce Mint LEATHER copy complete with CD. Highly Recommended.

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Conan of Cimmeria Volume 2 (1934) Limited Edition (Signed) (Limited Edition)
Robert E Howard, illustrated by Gary Gianni. Wandering Star, London 2004. From the publisher Wandering Star comes a unique SIGNED, LIMITED highly collectable edition equal to the very best in illustrated classics. The finest craftsman, artists, and designers have produced a masterpiece that promises to be at the heart of all good book collections. The second book in a three volume set that covers all the Conan stories, textually restored and meticulously researched by Howard scholar Patrice Louinet, with 85 original line drawings and six stunning new, full color oil plates from award-winning artist Gary Gianni.

Conan was the blueprint for the entire sword and sorcery genre. Read the stories that started it all, as they were meant to be seen, only from the Wandering Star Robert E. Howard Library of Classics!

This Luxury edition features:
· Full color paintings
· Profusely illustrated with exquisite black and white line work throughout
· Slipcased with embossed color plate
· Dust jacket
· Gilt edged
· Embossed cover
· Individually signed and numbered by award-winning artist GARY GIANNI

From the Robert E. Howard archives comes a wealth of never before seen material: contextual notes, synopses, plot outlines, initial drafts, original ideas, notes -- everything Conan's creator ever wrote about the greatest barbarian adventurer of all time!

Of special note are the never-before-published versions of People of the Black Circle and A Witch Shall be Born. The texts for these stories were taken from Howard's original carbon and typescript, respectively, and feature an uncensored restoration of the story text before it was edited by the original publisher. Over half of this book is taken by Robert E. Howard's original drafts and typescripts -- a world debut! In addition, this volume contains Howard's only novel of Conan the Cimmerian, the stunning The Hour of the Dragon. The never before seen material in this book once again unveils startling new insights about the Conan character and its development by one of the most creative literary minds of the 1930s, Robert E. Howard.

Conan of Cimmeria, Volume Two contains:-
· People of the Black Circle;
· The Hour of the Dragon;
· A Witch Shall be Born; including (all from original typescripts):
· synopsis for "People of the Black Circle";
· "the story thus far..." (notes on "People of the Black Circle");
· rare untitled synopsis and draft;
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· notes for The Hour of the Dragon;
· synopsis for "A Witch Shall Be Born";
· notes on the typescripts and Hyborian Genesis, part 2.

For fans and collectors of Robert E. Howard and Gary Gianni, the publishing event of a lifetime!

The Artists Edition is limited to just 1950 copies worldwide.

384 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour Dust Jacket. ISBN: 0954682203

Our Price: £130.00 ($208.00) (€169,00)      

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· Slipcased with embossed color plate
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· People of the Black Circle;
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· synopsis for "People of the Black Circle";
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· notes for The Hour of the Dragon;
· synopsis for "A Witch Shall Be Born";
· notes on the typescripts and Hyborian Genesis, part 2.

For fans and collectors of Robert E. Howard and Gary Gianni, the publishing event of a lifetime!

The Artists Edition is limited to just 100 copies worldwide and comes with extra preliminary drawings.
384 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour Dust Jacket. ISBN: 0954682211

Our Price: £280.00 ($448.00) (€364,00)      

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Conan of Cimmeria Volume 2 (1934) Leatherbound Ultra Edition (Signed) (Limited Edition)
Robert E Howard, illustrated by Gary Gianni. Wandering Star, London 2004. From the publisher Wandering Star comes a unique SIGNED, LIMITED highly collectable edition equal to the very best in illustrated classics. The finest craftsman, artists, and designers have produced a masterpiece that promises to be at the heart of all good book collections. The second book in a three volume set that covers all the Conan stories, textually restored and meticulously researched by Howard scholar Patrice Louinet, with 85 original line drawings and six stunning new, full color oil plates from award-winning artist Gary Gianni.

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· Full color paintings
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· Slipcased with embossed color plate
· Dust jacket
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· Embossed cover
· Individually signed and numbered by award-winning artist GARY GIANNI

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Of special note are the never-before-published versions of People of the Black Circle and A Witch Shall be Born. The texts for these stories were taken from Howard's original carbon and typescript, respectively, and feature an uncensored restoration of the story text before it was edited by the original publisher. Over half of this book is taken by Robert E. Howard's original drafts and typescripts -- a world debut! In addition, this volume contains Howard's only novel of Conan the Cimmerian, the stunning The Hour of the Dragon. The never before seen material in this book once again unveils startling new insights about the Conan character and its development by one of the most creative literary minds of the 1930s, Robert E. Howard.

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· synopsis for "People of the Black Circle";
· "the story thus far..." (notes on "People of the Black Circle");
· rare untitled synopsis and draft;
· synopsis for The Hour of the Dragon;
· notes for The Hour of the Dragon;
· synopsis for "A Witch Shall Be Born";
· notes on the typescripts and Hyborian Genesis, part 2.

The Leather Ultra Edition is limited to only 100 copies worldwide and comes with a leather slipcase and extra preliminary drawings. 384 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour Dust Jacket. ISBN: 095468222X

Our Price: £495.50 ($792.80) (€462,15)      

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Bran Mak Morn The Last King
Robert E Howard, illustrated by Gary Gianni. Wandering Star, London 2001. First Edition. Trade Edition. After universal acclaim for his "Savage Tales of Solomon Kane" illustrations, Garry Gianni applies his talents to these complete tales of Howard's doomed lost race and its tragic warrior king, Bran Mak Morn, last king of the Picts.

Similar in format to the two previous volumes in this deluxe series, featuring Howard's unexpurgated text, essays from noted Howard scholars, and accompanied by 12 new colour oils and over 45 pen and ink illustrations by Gary Gianni. Hard Cover Part Colour Dust Jacket. ISBN: 0953425347

Set in the time of the Roman conquest of Britain, stories included are The Lost Race, Men of the Shadows, Kings of the Night, The Dark Man and the classic Worms of the Earth.

Our Price: £55.00 ($88.00) (€71,50)      

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Bran Mak Morn The Last King (Signed) (Ultra Limited Edition)
Robert E Howard, Gary Gianni (Illustr). Wandering Star, 2001. After universal acclaim for his Savage Tales of Solomon Kane illustrations, Garry Gianni applies his talents to these complete tales of Howard's doomed lost race and its tragic warrior king, Bran Mak Morn, last king of the Picts. Similar in format to the two previous volumes in this deluxe series. Features Howard's unexpurgated text, essays from noted Howard scholars, timelines, and letters between Howard and Lovecraft. Accompanied by 12 new colour oils and over 45 pen and ink illustrations by Gary Gianni.

Slip cased with an embossed plate, ULTRA LIMITED, LEATHERBOUND, SIGNED and NUMBERED edition (50 copies) with additional signed colour plate and a double CD containing unabridged dramatisation of Worms of the Earth read by members of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). Hard Cover Part Colour ISBN: 0953425363

Set in the time of the Roman conquest of Britain, stories included are The Lost Race, Men of the Shadows, Kings of the Night, The Dark Man and the classic Worms of the Earth, plus poems.

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